1944-1947

Jack Teagarden | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Allegro Corporation
• ASIN: B00000IAZ5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,116,216 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Beale Street Blues

2. I Swung the Election

3. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)

4. Chinatown, My Chinatown

5. Big T Blues

6. Rockin' Chair

7. Pitchin' a Bit Short

8. Hobson Street Blues

9. Muskrat Ramble

10. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

11. Basin Street Blues

12. Martian Madness

13. On the Road to Mandalay

14. Saving You for Me

15. Body and Soul

16. St. Louis Blues

17. Blues After Hours

18. Jam Session at Victor

19. Say It Simple

20. On Revival Day

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for Teagarden fans, November 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 1944-1947 (Audio CD)

This is a must have for Teagarden fans. I love jazz, play trombone and enjoy Teagarden. I purchased this on a whim. What a find! This is a period when Big T was struggled to run his own big band. While the band was not a rousing financial success at the time (booze, women, you know)this disc is a great listen. The style is varied, and progresses from dixie to straight forward big band. Jack's dynamic, emotional trombone playing shines through from beginning to end. The energy level varies from frantic rag/dixie to slow, meloncholy blues. The musicianship is great throughout, but particularly impressive in the Chicago sessions in 1946. (songs 9 - 14) Trumpet player Andy Marchese, (who wrote "Saving you for me") is phenominal.
You can feel Teagarden's blues as his dream of having his own band is slipping away in the radio spot "Body and Soul".
Jack's folksy, bar room voice is charming. There are other, more stereotypical Teagarden disks you can purchase. If you are going to only have one, however, this is it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Big T's Classics discs, September 2, 2006

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jack Teagarden 1944-1947 (Audio CD)

This is the sixth volume in Classics series covering the complete recordings of Jack Teagarden in chronological order. Sessions include a handful of V-Disc dates, a Commodore session (12/11/44), a Victor date (3/10/47), and two Teagarden Presents dates. Major highlights include the slow and gorgeous IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT done for V-Disc, with Bobby Hackett on cornet, and the up-tempo JAM SESSION AT VICTOR with Max Kaminsky (tp) and Peanuts Hucko (cl). These years were good ones for Teagarden, especially when he was involved with small groups: the Commodore and Victor dates featured 7 and 8 piece bands, and both sessions are wonderful. But even the big band sides are jazzier and more swinging than previous big band sessions had been. If you could get or wanted just one of Big T's Classics discs, I'd recommend this one.